Olestra, developed by Proctor and Gamble, is a cooking product containing neither calories nor fat. It is made from mainly soybeans and cottonseeds, which is chemically made out of sugar and vegetable oil. If you break olestra down, you would find that it consists of molecule so tightly packed, they can slide right through the body without being digested.

After two years of testing, the FDA finally approved it to go on the market. Within the first eight weeks, more than twenty

stools," but that still didn't stop from consumers from buying the products. "Many people seem eager to try the new chips, which is perhaps a testament to American's obsession with fat."(Pro Health Inc.) One ounce of regular chips contains 10 grams of fat and 150 calories, while chips made with olestra contains no fat and only 75 calories.

million bags of chips, crackers, and other snack foods were sold to consumers that had olestra, and were amazed what Proctor and Gamble had accomplished. The public was very satisfied that not only did the chips have no fat, they tasted as good as they did before the breakthrough. When it first came out they producers were obligated to print on the back of the bags that told them the side effects of olestra. These warnings would say something like, "Cramping" or "Loose

Besides the subject of digestion from this product, the main problem with olestra is the absorption of vitamins and other nutrients. We know that Vitamins are very necessary for good health in the body. And we also know that Vitamins A, D, E, and K, are absorbed through fat. If olestra soaks up fat, how can we get our Vitamins that we need? Te

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